Better License Plates

NFS - Better License Plates
v2.0.0.1337
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Description:

This mod aims to recreate the license plates from some BB Era (NFS Underground 1/2, Most Wanted) games in a higher quality using the textures available in NFS Heat.

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How to create your own license plate?:

1) You can find the .psd files in the PSD folder.
2) Open any of them with Adobe Photoshop (with NVIDIA DDS Plugin installed) and change them as you want.
3) When you're done, save them in Textures folder using one of these names:
- LicensePlate_MostWanted_Custom.dds
- LicensePlate_Underground_Custom.dds
- LicensePlate_Underground2_Custom.dds
4) Use the "Custom" or "Add-On (ALL)" option while installing the mod.

You can get NVIDIA DDS Plugin for Photoshop from here:
For versions from 5.0 to CS6: https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload#?dn=texture-tools-for-adobe-photoshop-8-55
For CC versions: https://developer.nvidia.com/2020.1.1/NVIDIA_Texture_Tools_Exporter_Photoshop_Plugin

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Installation:

A) Binary Installation: (Compatible with Binary v2.2.0 and up) [SAFE METHOD] [Applicable for U2 and MW only] [Add-On] [Replace]
1) Download and install the latest version of Binary: https://nfsmods.xyz/mod/1638
2) Run Binary as administrator.
3) Select User Mode. (Click the icon on left.)
4) Select one of the "Setup_NFSMW.end" or "Setup_NFSU2.end" files according to the game you want to change the plates.
5) Select your game installation directory.
6) Select the plate you want to use, or select "Add-On (ALL)" option to add all the plates into your game.
7) If the program asks you to select a mod for compability, select the name of the mod you've installed. If you don't have any of the mods in the list, select None.
8) Wait for it to get installed.
9) Confirm the save prompt.
10) Quit Binary.

B) NFS-TexEd Installation: [QUICK METHOD] [Applicable for U/U2 and MW] [Replace]
1) Download and install the latest version of NFS-TexEd: https://nfs-tools.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html
2) Run NFS-TexEd as administrator.
3) Open GLOBAL\GlobalB.lzc file for the game you want to change the plates.
4) Locate the "LICENSE_PLATE" or "LICENSEPLATE" texture.
5) Select Texture > Replace from the menu or press Ctrl + I.
6) Select the texture you want to use from the Textures folder.
7) Save the file by selecting File > Save from the menu or pressing Ctrl + S.
8) Quit NFS-TexEd.

NOTE: If you install using "Add-On (ALL)" option, you will need to create a new save game or retune your previous cars.
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Changelog: (+ Addition, * Change, ! Attention, - Deletion)

v2.0.0.1337 @ 2020/11/15:
+ Added add-on versions.
+ Added Binary command to unlock memory files.
+ Added a fix for Binary installations, for the files that were edited using NFS-TexEd before.

v1.0.0.1337 @ 2020/08/16 1:30PM (GMT):
+ Initial release.

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Credits:

Main Developer:
- nlgzrgn

Thanks to:
- Adobe for Photoshop.
- GalaxyMan2015, benji and derwangler for Frosty Editor.
- Ghost Games for resources.
- ItsGam3r for preview picture.
- MaxHwoy for Binary v2.
- Matthew Carter for Georgia.
- nfsu360 for NFS-TexEd.
- NVIDIA for Texture Tools (DDS Plugin).
- Robin Nicholas ve Patricia Saunders for Arial.
- And the ones I forgot to list here...

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See ya!
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